Reading Response to Cultural Literacy What Jimmy Should Read
This article is about an Author and English Professor at University of Virginia named Hirsh. Hirsch believes that too many American's are illiterate and believes that by changing the education system, it will benefit America... Many critics believe other wise. I do think it is terrible that so many teens do not know big events in America's history; like when the Civil War was fought. But I agree with the critics, I don't think the entire school system needs to be changed; maybe they can enforce more American culture but I think we are literate enough. I also agree with the critics that say that literacy is not achieved by the piling on of facts and authors. Children most definitely learn best through experience. It will be acquired by promoting children to participate in the learning process and develop their own capacities for critical and creative thinking. You can't just change the education system in the way you think it should be. Which is exactly what Hirsch wants to do. "It is an attempt to force on all citizens the values implicit in the culture of the dominant social class. As such it is unjust". I completely agree; I think Hirsch is being ignorant. Schools should continue to encourage cultural diversity; I see no benefits from trying to fit people into a single culture. It better to be creative and America has done just fine with growing, the economy and being social.
E.D. Hirsch and Civil education
Nathan Glazer talks with Education Next about E.D. Hirsch's new book about making a new education system to Americans. This interview or discussion was very hard to focus on because of how boring it was. The biggest thing I got out of it was that Nathan Glazer was kind of getting into the new book and wanted to see what Hirsch planned on doing and how it would impact Americans. Hirsch made a list of each grade and the curriculum he wants students to learn. They also talk about the reason he is so un-liked. The reasons have to do with the schools learning and teaching abilities and them having an anti-content bias. Which I don't agree with; I think schools do still teach with a lot of content.
What Jimmy Should Read
This article is about an Author and English Professor at University of Virginia named Hirsh. Hirsch believes that too many American's are illiterate and believes that by changing the education system, it will benefit America... Many critics believe other wise. I do think it is terrible that so many teens do not know big events in America's history; like when the Civil War was fought. But I agree with the critics, I don't think the entire school system needs to be changed; maybe they can enforce more American culture but I think we are literate enough. I also agree with the critics that say that literacy is not achieved by the piling on of facts and authors. Children most definitely learn best through experience. It will be acquired by promoting children to participate in the learning process and develop their own capacities for critical and creative thinking. You can't just change the education system in the way you think it should be. Which is exactly what Hirsch wants to do. "It is an attempt to force on all citizens the values implicit in the culture of the dominant social class. As such it is unjust". I completely agree; I think Hirsch is being ignorant. Schools should continue to encourage cultural diversity; I see no benefits from trying to fit people into a single culture. It better to be creative and America has done just fine with growing, the economy and being social.
E.D. Hirsch and Civil education
Nathan Glazer talks with Education Next about E.D. Hirsch's new book about making a new education system to Americans. This interview or discussion was very hard to focus on because of how boring it was. The biggest thing I got out of it was that Nathan Glazer was kind of getting into the new book and wanted to see what Hirsch planned on doing and how it would impact Americans. Hirsch made a list of each grade and the curriculum he wants students to learn. They also talk about the reason he is so un-liked. The reasons have to do with the schools learning and teaching abilities and them having an anti-content bias. Which I don't agree with; I think schools do still teach with a lot of content.